If any person who does not maintain a sufficient fence shall hurt, wound, lame, kill or destroy, or cause the same to be done by shooting, worrying with dogs, or otherwise, any of the animals in this chapter mentioned, such person shall satisfy the owner in double damages with costs.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 272.050
Persons injuring animals liable for damages, when
Effective: 28 Aug 2001, 2 histories; (RSMo 1939 § 14573, A.L. 2001 H.B. 219 merged with S.B. 462); Prior revisions: 1929 § 12910; 1919 § 5515; 1909 § 6458
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